Where are the leaders...

Where the world sees a crisis I see an opportunity...

Great words good to hear...but the problem is who is "I"...do we have an "I" in the current global establishment. The umpteen crises need great financial wizards, economists, accurate anti terrorist squads, trade pundits and so on. We need them and they better be brilliant. If they are not, we would be in this glut for a long long time.

But each of these crises has a human angle, which is crying out loud for leaders who can show light to both affected and unaffected. We talk of personal leadership, but to be honest, at times of crisis its shaken and we need a beacon to home us in.

I just hope, Mr Obama stands up to this test and goes from the ordinary to great. Back home, hope changes to prayer...we have had number of brilliant leaders...we need one to emerge again.

On a different note, I saw 150 odd ISB students under one roof and silent. Trust me its a rare sight, this campus and its inhabitants buzz with energy. The silence was for a reason, it was our small gesture for Mumbai. Many student driven initiatives may follow this...and it was heartening to see my peers pour in their thoughts over them. Hope to see a few leaders emerge out of here soon.

luv

Prani

Deep desire to write again

Its been ages since I have visited this ol' friend of mine...so here I go again
They say these are difficult days. I saw it in action today. And in the strangest of the places you bet. Quantum of solace - you may wonder for whom - I thought it was for the audience. A couple of good scenes, and those were the only quantums of solace. Imagine Bond movie, bereft of feisty action scenes, gizmos, good cars and sexy ladies. And the aeroplane scene was such a dud...I guess finance took its toll on M and her organization as well. But it was not all dull and gloom. I felt Daniel Craig is certainly shaping up to be a great Bond.

Besides exams, odd cribs, bad news and a little worry about jobs, I guess I am going on. There are so many things that keep happening on the campus. I am a part of some, some I let go. But I have enuf to keep me up and awake for a good measure. I guess an odd day of no action is what is new now. And I had one today. I carelessly loitered in PVR for a good part of the afternoon and then got the solace.

On the job front, I would be lying if I were to say, I am not worried. I am, because the situation is not as rosy as it used to be. So some dreams would be left on the pillow itself. But, I believe that at my age its better to dream and feel low when they crash, rather than just give up the tsunamic hopes and be happy in smaller goals.

The last thing on my mind, as I wade across the thoughts in my mind right now is the phrase "Conscious change". I wrote some lines about it in my diary. And I have strongly started believing in it. The idea is simple. A change is a pain staking process. Like any other process it can be fine tuned and measured for best results. For fine tuning and measurement, you first need to be cognitive of the change and the desired results. And lo, any change, be it how you dress to bed or how you shake hands with your seniors can be managed more effectively. I am trying it now. Let me see if it works.

Off I go. Till the next time aufvidersen!!!

Luv

Prani